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Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...

Betty Soskin works at the Visitor Center [Annotator's Note: she became a National Park Ranger in 2006 at the age of 85...

Loraine Osborne was 16 years old when she moved. [Annotator’s Note: Osborne moved to Detroit, Michigan]. She worked at...

Calvin Moret accumulated about 250 hours in cadet training. He would go on to have about 250 hours in the P-40 [...

Amelia Taylor's father signed for her at the recruiting station [Annotator's Note: to join the Women Accepted for...

Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...

After the war, Orrin Welty went back to Ohio worked for a Ford company where his father was the sales manager. He took...

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...

Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist [Annotator’s Note: named Dr. Behrman] who performed dentistry work on German...

Lauren Swinney was born in LaSalle, Illinois and grew up in Gary, Indiana. During that time, Gary had the Carnegie...

Marie Rankart was at a dress shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey buying a dress when she heard the news that the war was over...

Joseph Mittelsdorf was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He was in the rear echelon for the Battle of Iwo Jima [...

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